Mountain Ranges

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List of Mountain Ranges

Some of the most well known (and easiest to research):

Appalachians USGS - Brief Geological History Building the Northern Appalachians	Andes South America-the Andes The Andes - Wikipedia Plate Tectonics - The Andes	Sierra Nevadas Geology of Sierra Nevadas Geologic History of Sierra Nevadas USGS Sierra Nevadas Sierra Nevadas Wikipedia
Rocky Mountains USGS-Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountain Formation Science Online-Rockies	Himalayas PBS Nova-Formation of Himalayas Himalayas - Wikipedia	Mid-Ocean Ridge Mid-ocean Ridge-Wikipedia
Adirondacks Adirondacks-Wikipedia Mountains - Wikipedia (look for Domed Mountains)	European Alps Science Online - Alps Geology of the Alps	Caucasus Mountains Caucasus-Wikipedia Nova Online The Caucasus
Alaska Range Alaska Range Tectonic Plate Movement in Alaska Alaska Range-especially St. Elias Range (video)	Cascades Mountain Range Pacific Mountain System-Cascades Cascades Mountain Range-Wikipedia

Mountain Formation Resources
Types of Plate Tectonics Boundaries
Divergent Plate Boundry with animated gif
Convergent Plate Boundaries with animated gifs
Transform Plate Boundaries with animated gif
Plate Tectonics Boundries Map in Google Maps - identifies all the plate boundaries
Mountain-Wikipedia
Mountain Building - Wikipedia
Mountains-Woodlands Junior School
Explore Mountains
Plate Tectonics Animations These can be linked to, but not directly embedded.